THIRTY-FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT 105 



few hundred head is the result of a shipment of elk secured by the Hon. 

 C. C. McCray of Redding from, the government when the surplus of 

 Jackson Hole elk were being relocated. 



It is unthinkable that the herds of California elk should not be per- 

 petuated, but it is also unthinkable that they should be allowed to cause 

 great damage to small ranchers. The time has come when some definite 

 action must be taken by the state to provide refuges where these elk can 

 be placed under fences and properly taken care of. 



